An ad hoc committee of 6-8 members will organize a 1-day public workshop in Washington, D.C. to explore research findings and discuss opportunities for translation to future preparedness and response efforts.

At the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR), an ad hoc committee, under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a one-day public workshop on February 16, 2016 to explore potential research priorities arising as a result of the emergence of Zika Virus in the United States. The workshop will bring together key stakeholders and experts to discuss the research priorities needed to inform medical and public health practice that can be implemented under real world conditions to better understand the true risk that Zika virus poses to the public in the U.S. and adequate prevention efforts and interventions to mitigate that risk. The workshop will focus primarily on epidemiological characteristics, virus reservoirs/vectors, disease pathogenesis, and clinical management and public health interventions and prevention strategies associated with the emergence of Zika Virus within the U.S.

An ad hoc committee, under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine in collaboration with the National Research Council will organize a one-day workshop that will explore potential research priorities arising as a result of the emergence of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a hemorrhagic disease caused by a filovirus, in the United States.